The works of Shakespeare : in eight volumes : collated with the oldest copies, and corrected, with notes, explanatory and critical

by: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744, editor; Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller; Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller; Corbet, Charles, Sir, 1734-1808, bookseller; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller; New, E., active 18th century, bookseller; Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, engraver; Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, artist, engraver; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller; R. and B. Wellington (London, England), bookseller

Publication date: 1740

Publisher: London : Printed for H. Lintott, C. Hitch, J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet, R. and B. Wellington, J. Brindley, and E. New

Collection: bplsctpbs; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Volume: v.1

Contains the plays only

Vol. 1 with a general title page in red and black, followed by a volume title page. Volumes 2-8 with volume title pages in red and black. Each play with an individual play title page

Engraved frontispiece lettered: G. Vander Gucht sculp. Engraved plates preceding the plays lettered either: H. Gravelot in. & del., G. Vander Gucht scul.; or H. Gravelot inv., del., et sculp

Vol. 8 with an index

v. 1. Tempest ; Midsummer night's dream ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure -- v. 2. Much ado about nothing ; Merchant of Venice ; Love's labour's lost ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 3. All's well that ends well ; Twelfth-night ; Comedy of errors ; Winter's tale ; King John -- v. 4. King Richard II ; King Henry IV. Part 1 ; King Henry IV. Part 2 ; Henry V ; King Henry VI. Part 1 -- v. 5. King Henry VI. Part 2 ; King Henry VI. Part 3 ; King Richard III ; King Henry VIII -- v. 6. King Lear ; Timon of Athens ; Titus Andronicus ; Macbeth ; Coriolanus -- v. 7. Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra ; Cymbeline ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello

ESTC

Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740

Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early mottled calfskin panelled in blind. Vols. 1, 6, and 8 have been rebound by the Library. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedowns. A dealer's description is tipped onto the front flyleaf of vol. 1 and an illegible inscription, in an early hand, is present on the title page of the same volume

Notes

no chapters were found. No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.text loss throughout due to tight margins

Addeddate: 2014-08-13 14:58:54.647489

Associated-names: Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744, editor; Lintot, Henry, 1703-1758, bookseller; Hitch, Charles, -1764, bookseller; Corbet, Charles, Sir, 1734-1808, bookseller; Brindley, John, -1758, bookseller; New, E., active 18th century, bookseller; Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, engraver; Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773, artist, engraver; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller; R. and B. Wellington (London, England), bookseller